- Types Of Speech
- You can use nosy as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Nosy
- A 2 syllables adjective satellite and 4 letters with the letters n, o, s, and y, 3 consonants, 1 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters os. Nosy starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters n, no, nos, and the ending characters are y, sy, osy, ..
- Definition
- Offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor''s doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"
- Origin/Roots
- Proto Malayo Polynesian
- Scrabble
- Is nosy a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Nosy in Pig Latin is said as "osynay or osynway".
- Unigram
- n | o | s | y
- Bigram
- no | os | sy
- Trigram
- nos | osy
- Quadrigram
- nosy
- Word Gram
Synonym | Definition |
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Aggressive | having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends "an aggressive businessman" "an aggressive basketball player" "he was aggressive and imperious positive in his convictions" "aggressive drivers" |
Assuming | excessively forward "an assumptive person" "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide" "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants" |
Assumptive | accepted as real or true without proof "an assumed increase in population" "the assumed reason for his absence" "assumptive beliefs" "his loyalty was taken for granted" |
Busy | keep busy with "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" |
Busybodied | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner "an interfering old woman" "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself" "busy about other people''s business" |
Busybody | a person who meddles in the affairs of others |
Catching | becoming infected "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable" "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic" |
Curious | eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others'' concerns) "a curious child is a teacher''s delight" "a trap door that made me curious" "curious investigators" "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers" "curious about the nei |
Delving | |
Detection | the act of detecting something catching sight of something |
View all cognitive synonyms for Nosy
Anagram | Definition |
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Nosy | offensively curious or inquisitive "curious about the neighbor''s doings" "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way" "prying eyes" "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day" |
View English words with the unique letters used in nosy. Words With The Letters Nosy
Similar Word | Definition |
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Curious | eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others'' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher''s delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the nei |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Simony (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | myosin | ||
Neomys (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | symone | ||
Dynamo (6 letters) | 12 +5 | 13 +6 | monday | ||
Nylons (6 letters) | 9 +2 | 11 +4 | lnnosy | ||
Hyson (5 letters) | 11 +4 | 10 +3 | hyson | ||
Synod (5 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | synod | ||
Lyons (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +2 | lyons | ||
Sonny (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +2 | nnosy | ||
Noyes (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 8 +1 | nosey | ||
Symons (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | symons | ||
Myosin (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | myosin | ||
Nosy (4 letters) | 7 | 7 | nosy | ||
Nosey (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 8 +1 | nosey | ||
Snobby (6 letters) | 13 +6 | 15 +8 | bbnosy | ||
Sonsy (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 8 +1 | nossy | ||
Snoozy (6 letters) | 18 +11 | 18 +11 | snoozy | ||
Syncom (6 letters) | 13 +6 | 15 +8 | syncom | ||
Moneys (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | symone | ||
Say No (6 letters) | |||||
Sonly (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +2 | lyons | ||
No Say (6 letters) | |||||
Symone (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | symone | ||
Shinyo (6 letters) | 12 +5 | 11 +4 | shinyo |
Nosy Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With N
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters